Non-Hodgkin lymphoma other diagnostic studies
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Preeti Singh, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Overview
Other diagnostic studies for the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma include bone marrow aspiration, bone marrow biopsy, and lumbar puncture.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other Diagnostic Studies
Lumbar Puncture
Indications
- Aggressive Non Hodgkin Lymphoma with involvement of bone marrow, epidural, testicular, paranasal sinus, or nasopharyngeal involvement, or two or more extranodal sites[1]
- High-grade lymphoblastic lymphoma
- High-grade small noncleaved cell lymphomas (eg, Burkitt and non-Burkitt types)
- HIV-related lymphoma
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- when neurologic signs and symptoms are present
Immunophenotypic Analysis
- It provides information about lineage and clonality and useful for subclassifying certain lymphoma subtypes which may provide therapeutic and prognostic importance.[1]
Other Studies
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Bone marrow aspiration
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Casulo C, Burack WR, Friedberg JW (2015). “Transformed follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma”. Blood. 125 (1): 40–7. doi:10.1182/blood-2014-04-516815. PMID 25499449.
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